The Imperial Crimson — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Table Runner, Yukiwa Snowflake in Crimson and Gold

Yukiwa. The circles of fresh snow. The family of circular motifs historically associated with winter ceremonies and the purity of new snow — woven here in gold across ake-iro crimson.

A Japanese ceremonial silk table runner, cut from a single obi and finished at the Renaras atelier in Amsterdam.

The runner is drawn from a Kinran ceremonial obi — gold-wrapped thread woven into the silk structure through the supplementary weft method. The gold thread is wound around a silk core, producing a surface that holds warmth without the brittleness of pure metal. Yukiwa snowflake medallions and starburst rosettes are placed across a ground of deep ake-iro imperial crimson. The crimson gives the composition its lineage. The yukiwa gives it its season.

A runner for the darkest weeks of the year, snow circles in gold on a crimson that lifts a whole room.

The runner is lined in undyed silk to protect the face. No metal touches the visible silk.

Renaras: Japanese ceremonial silk, reimagined for daily life.

Each piece arrives with its own passport from the atelier — a small handmade record of the silk's first life and its transformation, signed and dated in Amsterdam.

Pair with placemats from the same collection.

One silk. One story. One piece. Never repeated.